Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-08

the Judgment seat Of Christ, win not be-
tray you Firstof all, seek Col; then seek
Christian counsel. Gather up all the en-
srgies Of body, mind and soul, aud appeal
ing to God 70: success, declare this day ever
lnsting war against all drinking habits,
all gaming practices, all houses Of sin. Halt
and-half work will amount to nothing; it
must be Waterloo. Shrink back now, and
you are lost. Push on. and You are saved. A
Spartan General fell at the very moment of
victory, but he dippcl bis finger in his own
blood aud wrote on rock near which he was
dying: Sparta has conquered" Though
your struggle to get rid Of sin may seem to be
almost death struggle, you can dip
your finger in your own blood and
write on the Rock of Ages: "Vic-
tory through our Lord Jesus Christ
o, what glorious news it would be for some of
these young men to send home to their
parents in ths country these holidays which
are coming. Thoy 20 to the postoliice every
day or two to see whether there are any let.
tiers from YOU How anxious they are to
heart You might send them for a holiday
present this season a book from one Of On.
best publishing houses. or a complete ward
robe from the importers palace, it would not
please them half so much as the news you
might send homo tomorrow that you had
given your heart to God. know how it is in
the country. The night comes on. The cat
tie stand under the rack, through viii n
burst the trusSes of hay. Tho horses Just
having friske1 up from the mca low at the
nightfall, stand esdeep in the bright straw
that invites them to lie down aud rest The
perch of the howell is full of fowl, their feet
warm under the feathers. In the old farm
house at night no candle is lighte l, for tae
flames clap their hands about tho great back
log, and shake the shadow Of the group up
and down the wall. Father and mother sit
there for half an hour. saying nothing: l
wonder what they are thinking of After
awhile the father breaks the silence, and says:
"Well, wonder where our boy is in town to-
night"
AMI the mother answers: "In no bad place,
| warrant you; we always could trust him
when he was home, and sine he has been
away taere have b en- 50 many prayers Of
Jared for him we can trust him still" Then
as o'clocE-for they rcti;e early in the
country-they kneel down aud commend you
to that Cod who watches in country and in
town, ON the land and on the sea. Some one
said to Grecian General: What was the
proudest moment in your lifer He thought
q moment, AMI said: The proudest mo-
ment in my life was when sent word homo
to my parents that had gained the victory"
And the proudest and most brilliant moment
in your life will be the moment when you
can send word to your parents that you
have conquered your evil habits by the grace
of God, aud become eternal victor. Oh, de-
spise not parental anxiety
The time will come when you will have
neither father nor mother, and you will go
around the place whore they used to watch
YOU, and find them como from the house, aud
gone from ths field, and gone from the neigh
borhood. Cry as loud for forgiveness as you
may over the mound in the ehurchyard, they
will not answer. Dead! Deadl